A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Rice to enter first international nanocar race
Five teams will participate in October 2016 event in France [caption id="attachment_7000" align="alignright" width="212"] James Tour[/caption] HOUSTON – Rice University will send an entry to the first international NanoCar Race, which will be held next October at…
First serotonin neurons made from human steam cells
[caption id="attachment_6995" align="alignnone" width="613"] Human serotonin-producing neurons, generated from induced pluripotent stem cells, created in the lab of Su-Chun Zhang in the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Blue indicates cell nuclei, red and…
New microscope creates near-real-time videos of nanoscale processes
Instrument scans images 2,000 times faster than commercial models. [caption id="attachment_6992" align="alignnone" width="639"] This closeup shot of the microscope shows transparent tubes used to inject various liquids into the imaging environment. Photo: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT[/caption] CAMBRIDGE,…
Pesticide Found in Milk in the ‘80s May…
A new Neurology study has found a potential association between a pesticide found in milk more than two decades ago and signs of Parkinson’s disease in the brain. “We are beginning to learn that diet may have a…